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LOT 2213
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (1.44 kg, 21.5 cm).
With replicated dentition, small eye sockets and broad cheekbones; perhaps Australopithecus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Natural History - Heart-Shaped Polished Fossil Coral Head
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 166 grams, 75 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display
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A large sized freestanding textured matrix with two Goniatite sp. specimens and a single Orthoceras sp. specimen. 896 grams, 26.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.